Re: Probs with fb in the kernel and xserver

[Jo Hoffmann <jxh@dcs.ed.ac.uk>]

> I have here a 2.3.99 pre9 kernel compiled with fb, am using
> it for console. So far it was no problem then to use
> something like xserver-mach64 (I have an AGP Mach IIc card
> in here). Now all I get is a bad screen resolution, it is
> all flickering like *** and if I run XF86Setup and say I do
> not want to use the existing config as default, the screen
> is unreadable, too (guess it should be xserver-vga16).

You have to use the framebuffer xserver (could be xvfb or xserver-fbdev).
This will of course slow down your X, compared to your previous config.
But FB slows down the console as well.

Jo

> Any ideas? Any hints?
> 
> Thanks,
> Alexander
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